Today's photo is probably a very common angle shot of the Beast and Belle topiaries displayed in the France Pavilion. I did bend down slight so there would be more flowers in the foreground and the shot would be more looking up at the topiaries....

For this shot, I definitely did a bit of working the scene first. I will start taking shots and moving around and making adjustments until I get something I feel is the shot I was looking for. Especially with the topiaries, the most obvious shot...

In honor of the new Beauty and the Beast movie trailer (which looks awesome by the way) I figured I'd post up one of my Beauty and the Beast related shots from the Flower & Garden Festival. For this particular shot I actually had the...

The title of this shot is really a happy accident. I processed this shot and was thinking of a name and I really wanted to name this Midnight in Paris after the movie, which I really loved. Imagine my surprise when I look at the...

One of the most difficult parts after a new trip is simply deciding which photos to work on. Even worse I tend to blaze through a bunch of edits immediately after a trip and then I have difficulty deciding what order to post them in....

This is seemingly the go to shot in the France pavilion but oddly enough I don't think I've ever posted this shot. Well consider it rectified.I found when editing this shot it's definitely a fine line on how exposed you want the fountain to be....

When I was setting up for this shot I originally had the camera leveled but looking through the viewfinder it felt a bit static so I started playing around with the angle a bit. I think this made the shot a bit more dynamic and...